A demonstrator wearing a noose and holding a sign reading "No More Social Cuts" stands next to her "executioner" during a protest against local government social services cuts in front of the Diputacion (Vizcaya province government) building in the Gran Via, Bilbao June 19, 2012. Spain's short-term borrowing costs rose to their highest level since 1997 in a debt sale on Tuesday as investors worried the country will soon be forced to ask for international aid. The euro zone's fourth-largest economy has become the focus of the regional debt crisis, with the country struggling to overcome recession and a costly banking sector restructure. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)